2013 North West Icicle 10
Saturday 3rd March 2013 - Glasson Sailing Club
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Photos kindly taken by Ivan Haslam - see end of report for Alan Rounds photos and video
Thanks too to Ivan who was Officer of the Day
Would we get more wind today? Yes. We even had some sunshine while we got our boats ready it was another nice afternoon. Seven boats turned up to race - the biggest turnout of the year!
Ivan set the course Open Line As - Gp - Bp - 18s - Ss. Ivan planned three laps.
The race hasn't started and already the wind is dropping! The start, strung out, Michael's even further behind! The wind fading caught some of us out
End of the first leg, Big John and Jack already out of sight on the second leg. We only managed one lap!
Ian and John being compromised by Silver River.
End of the first race - notice the new marker buoy S, this was donated by Brian Kerry some time ago but Michael has only just painted the marks on it and put it out this morning.
Resting between races while OOD Ivan decides on the new course. The wind was getting up so we said we'll do the same course but two laps.
Big John leading Jack home. Michael, Jack and Steve.
Big John won both races which gained him 18 points which has more or less guaranteed that he'll win the series if he turns up on the last day, pushing Michael out who has been leading for a while now.
Alan Round made this video on Sunday. Watch the two leading boats being swept upstream by the tide, about 50 minuites before high water
Four photos from Alan - the start of the first race:
